Is The PS4 Codenamed Orbis?

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A lot of you guys are not looking at the overall picture. Backwards capability is let's face it folks, a dead technology and no more then a novelty made when the Ps2 came out for reasons not relevant to today, and before the rise of online arcade gaming. When it made sense for the PS2, it was because there was no real online console gaming, so games lost their luster and appeal pretty fast after you beat it. Or the really good ones that was on the first playstation, wasn't all that far behind in graphics compared to the PS2. Also the PS2 made the PS1 literally obsolete in regards to what the PS2 was capable of doing besides video games, and they knew people will not use their first playstation but still wanted to possibly play their playstation games, and they were still making games for the playstation while the PS2 was out and in full swing. So there were actually legit reasons to wanna play backwards at times.

Today with PSN, XBLA, and the Wii Store the need to keep your old games to play on the new console is pointless. For one, neither Xbox or Sony has their entire list of last gen games even available for backwards play. With current gen consoles game marketplace, you can just find the game you're looking for and download it. If they don't have it, tough, just move on because everyone else has already. I'm only assuming this, but I'm pretty sure Sony is aware of all the time and money consumers have invested into the PS3 library. For all we know they might even have a system to where through your PSN accounts, proof of purchase or registration to the games you have on PS3 could probably carry over to the new Playstation if that game is available for full download on the new console. But even if it's not, who said you have to throw out your old console just because a new one is out??

If you're so hurt over backwards compatibility for your PS3 games. Why not just keep your PS3, and when you are just dying to play a last generation PS3 title instead of the over the top awesomenes of whatever new game that will come out on their beast of a next gen machine, then you will have it there for your enjoyment. Yeah that means you'll have to either have to swap out consoles to do it, or have both hooked up at the same time...but seriously, what true gamer haven't done that before or isn't doing that now??

As for no used games, I would miss the ability to buy a game I'm not too sure of at a really low price. However, the death of used games will not only force gamers to pay full price for a game, but it go both ways in forcing developers to do a lot more to convince gamers why their game will be worth the 60 or maybe even 70 price tag we may see for a new title or else risk gamers not buying a new title at all. Causing less shovelware, tacked on multiplayer for certain games, and short lived campaigns...Which are some of gamers most common gripes when talking about current pricing on new games. Also we have to understand that we pay high prices for games, not because of the game data alone, but also for packaging, and putting all that data on a cd-rom, or dvd formatted disc. Take away the cost of making a game, by reducing it to digital download, then you eliminate high cost for a game. So a new game could be as low as 40 maybe even 30 bucks if all you're doing is downloading the data. The inclusion of that new tech, will also allow the option of a gamer to pay to play, meaning through your account subscription you can have the option to play the game and save all you want, but you never really own the game outright...Onlive anyone?? Or you can choose the option to pay a higher price and download the full title to your hard drive. Again, all of these are just possible ideas, but they will definitely come up with new methods to better fit the new console. Just like with this current gen of consoles, everything changed, and we were okay with it.